Unveiling the role of honesty-humility in shaping attitudes towards artificial intelligence

IF 3.5 2区心理学 Q1 PSYCHOLOGY, SOCIAL

Personality and Individual Differences Pub Date : 2025-01-30 DOI:10.1016/j.paid.2025.113072

Sarah Zabel , Pamela Pensini , Siegmar Otto

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Abstract

The rapid advancement and integration of Artificial Intelligence (AI) into various aspects of human life necessitates understanding individual differences in attitudes towards AI. Typically, the Big Five has been applied to explore these individual differences; however, this model may overlook a critical dimension related to ethical AI use: Honesty-Humility, a sixth dimension included in the HEXACO model. In three studies (N₁ = 138, N₂ = 176, N₃ = 1571), we investigated the relationship between personality traits, as measured by the HEXACO, and attitudes towards AI. Consistently across all studies, the strongest (negative) relation was found between Honesty-Humility and a positive attitude towards AI (β₁ = −0.36^⁎⁎, β ₂ = −0.20^⁎⁎, β₃ = −0.28^⁎⁎⁎), suggesting that individuals scoring lower on Honesty-Humility are more inclined to view AI favorably. Additionally, Openness (β₂ = 0.18^⁎, β₃ = 0.06^**) was related to attitude towards AI in two studies. Relationships with other personality traits were minor and inconsistent. The predictive power of Honesty-Humility was higher than the other five dimensions of the HEXACO combined, and higher than the three traits of the Dark Triad - Narcissism, Machiavellianism, and Psychopathy. Our results stress the need to incorporate personality psychology into AI research and ethical AI development.

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Personality and Individual Differences PSYCHOLOGY, SOCIAL-

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8.50

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4.70%

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577

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41 days

期刊介绍： Personality and Individual Differences is devoted to the publication of articles (experimental, theoretical, review) which aim to integrate as far as possible the major factors of personality with empirical paradigms from experimental, physiological, animal, clinical, educational, criminological or industrial psychology or to seek an explanation for the causes and major determinants of individual differences in concepts derived from these disciplines. The editors are concerned with both genetic and environmental causes, and they are particularly interested in possible interaction effects.